Cleanaway Solid Waste Pty Ltd v Ipswich City Council & Ors [2020] QPEC 47
18-9-20 / John Ware — Planning & Environment
An appeal against Ipswich City Council’s decision to refuse a development application seeking approval to extend an existing landfill facility. For consideration was whether the amended plans substantially differed from the originals. The Court found that: the scale and intensity of the use applied for remained unchanged; key features of…
K&K (GC) Pty Ltd v Gold Coast City Council [2020] QPEC 40
13-8-20 / John Ware — Planning & Environment
The appellant applied to the respondent for a material change of use permit to develop land for a service station, convenience store, take-away food premises and a fast food drive through premises. The land was in the Detached Dwelling Domain and the Residential Choice Domain of the Gold Coast Planning…
Pembroke Olive Downs Pty Ltd v Sunland Cattle Co Pty Ltd & Ors [2020] QLC 27
31-7-20 / John Ware — Planning & Environment
An application for three coal mining leases and two mining leases for related infrastructure. Although an Environmental Authority has already been issued, there were four objectors to the mining lease applications (MLAs), all owners affected by the MLAs. Issues raised included, inter alia: Whether the MLA areas were sufficiently mineralised…
Richards & Ors v Brisbane City Council & Ors [2020] QPEC 26
28-5-20 / John Ware — Planning & Environment
This was a submitter appeal against the decision of the respondent approving an application for a development permit for a material change of use for a childcare centre. Essentially, the appeal asserted that while the proposed development would not create any unacceptable impacts, it is was nonetheless of a scale…
Clermont Quarries Pty Ltd v Isaac Regional Council [2020] QPEC 18
22-5-20 / John Ware — Planning & Environment
This submitter appeal was against the respondent’s approval of an application for a development permit for a material change of use for an extractive industry and environmentally relevant activities (extraction and screening) in respect of a former gold mine which ceased operation 25 years ago leaving behind approximately 4 million…
